In its ongoing research on Employee Satisfaction, The Conference Board has measured a disturbing trend of growing job dissatisfaction. U.S. Job Satisfaction Declines, it reports.

“Today, less than half of all Americans say they are satisfied with their jobs, down from 61 percent twenty years ago.”

We commented on the SHRM results that correlate to this trend back in December with Is Everyone Out Shopping…for Jobs? and Misunderstanding of Employee Satisfaction by HR.

So now we know that more than half of the employees out looking and more than half of the companies are not doing anything about it. Could that be why so many are out shopping for a new job? Not enough organizations are making them feel like they should stay. Maybe it’s time to push internal mobility programs to the front burner, before it’s too late.